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Australia's most-capped hooker Stephen Moore revealed in the week how he could have ended up representing Ireland.

The 87-cap front-rower rejected Irish Rugby Football Union advances as a 19-year-old, stemming from his Irish parents.

Not even a stint living in Ireland as a toddler before moving to Australia could convince him to consider representing his parents' homeland.

How Schmidt and Ireland would have happily had him in green when he bisected their midfield, before producing a scoring pass even Brian O'Driscoll himself would have savoured.

Cummins received Moore's pass, cut in off his left wing and outfoxed the remaining cover to notch his third Wallabies try.

Schmidt spent all week telling his players just how foolish it would be to kick away cheap ball to the Australians.

So he would have been spitting feathers when Tommy Bowe cleared loosely from his own 22 and straight into gleeful Australian clutches.

Cooper's whipped pass sent Folau to the line, Australia worked the ball back left and Fardy's back-handed offload ripped Ireland apart, leaving openside Hooper with a clear run home for his first international score.